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BURY REGISTRATION DISTRICT

Table 1A: List of Places in Bury Registration District (1837–1974)

Civil Parish

County

From

To

Comments

Ainsworth

Lancashire

1837

1933

Abolished 1.10.1933 and added to the parish of Radcliffe.

Ashworth

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and added to the parish of Birtle cum Bamford.

Birtle cum Bamford

Lancashire

1837

1933

Abolished 1.10.1933 and divided between the parishes of Rochdale, Heywood and Bury. See also Table 2, note (i).

Bury

Lancashire

1837

1974

Abolished 1.4.1974 and added to the Bury unparished area. See also Table 2, notes (k) and (l).

Castleton by Rochdale

Lancashire

1894

1895

That part which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Hopwood. See also Table 2, note (e).

Elton

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Ramsbottom, Bury, Tottington, Ainsworth and, Radcliffe.

Haslingden

Lancashire

1894

1895

That part which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Tottington Lower End. See also Table 2, note (a).

Heap

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Heywood, Bury, Birtle cum Bamford and Unsworth.

Heywood

Lancashire

1894

1934

Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of Heap, Hopwood, Castleton, Pilsworth and Birtle cum Bamford, in Heywood Municipal Borough. See also Table 2, notes (e), (f) and (h).

Hopwood

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Heywood, Middleton and Castleton by Rochdale. See also Table 2, notes (c) and (d).

Middleton

Lancashire

1894

1895

That part which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Hopwood. See also Table 2, note (c).

Middleton

Lancashire

1933

1933

That part which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Unsworth. See also Table 2, note (g).

Outwood

Lancashire

1894

1933

Created 1894 out of the parish of Pilkington. Abolished 1.10.1933 and added to the parish of Radcliffe. See also Table 2, note (j).

Pilkington

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Whitefield, Unsworth, Outwood, Bury and Radcliffe.

Pilsworth

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Heywood, Unsworth and Bury.

Radcliffe

Lancashire

1837

1934

See Table 2, note (h).

Ramsbottom

Lancashire

1894

1934

Created 1894 from the parts of the parishes of Tottington Lower End, Walmersley & Shuttleworth, Tottington Higher End and Elton, in Ramsbottom Urban District. See also Table 2, notes (b) and (h).

Rochdale

Lancashire

1933

1934

That part which until 1.10.1933 formed part of the parish of Birtle cum Bamford. See also Table 2, note (i).

Tottington

Lancashire

1894

1934

Created 1894 out of the parishes of Tottington Lower End and Elton. See also Table 2, note (h).

Tottington Lower End

Lancashire

1837

1894

Abolished 1894 and divided between the parishes of Tottington, Bury and Haslingden. See also Table 2, note (a).

Unsworth

Lancashire

1894

1933

Created 1894 out of the parishes of Pilkington, Pilsworth and Heap. Abolished 1.10.1933 and added to the parish of Bury. See also Table 2, note (g).

Walmersley with Shuttleworth

Lancashire

1837

1933

Abolished 1.10.1933 and added to the parish of Ramsbottom.

Whitefield

Lancashire

1894

1934

Created 1894 from the part of the parish of Pilkington in Whitefield Urban District. See also Table 2, note (h).


Table 1B: List of Places in Bury Registration District (from 1974)

All the areas in Bury registration district became part of the county of Greater Manchester on 1.4.1974

Civil Parish
(* or Unparished Area)

County

From

To

Comments

Bury*

Greater Manchester

1974

Unparished area which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Bury, Prestwich, Radcliffe, Tottington, Whitefield and part of the parish of Ramsbottom. See also notes (m) to (v).


Table 2: Boundary Changes affecting Bury Registration District

Date of Change

Note

Description of Change

Population transferred

1.7.1895

(a)

Lost the part in the parish of Haslingden (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Tottington Lower End) to Haslingden registration district.

0 in 1891

(b)

Gained part of the parish of Ramsbottom (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Tottington Higher End) from Haslingden registration district.

3003 in 1891

(c)

Lost the part in the parish of Middleton (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Hopwood) to Oldham registration district.

684 in 1891

(d)

Lost the part in the parish of Castleton by Rochdale (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Hopwood) to Rochdale registration district.

99 in 1891

(e)

Gained part of the parish of Heywood (which until 1894 formed part of the parish of Castleton by Rochdale) from Rochdale registration district.

2350 in 1891

1.12.1900

(f)

Gained part of the parish of Heywood (which until 9.11.1900 formed part of the parish of Castleton Lancashire) from Rochdale registration district.

195 in 1891

1.10.1933

(g)

Lost the part in the parish of Middleton (which until 1.4.1933 formed part of the parish of Unsworth) to Middleton registration district.

44 in 1931

1.4.1934

(h)

Lost the parishes of Heywood, Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington and Whitefield, to Heywood registration district.

86874 in 1931

(i)

Lost the part in the parish of Rochdale (which until 1.10.1933 formed part of the parish of Birtle cum Bamford) to Rochdale registration district.

975 in 1931

1.10.1934

(j)

Lost part of the parish of Outwood (which was added to the parish of Kearsley on 1.4.1933) to Barton registration district.

1331 in 1931

1.4.1937

(k)

Lost part of the parish of Bury (which was added to the parish of Whitefield on 1.4.1937) to Heywood registration district.

0 in 1931

(l)

Gained part of the parish of Bury (which until 1.4.1937 formed part of the parish of Whitefield) from Heywood registration district.

0 in 1931

1.4.1974

(m)

Gained parts of the Bury unparished area (which until 1.4.1974 formed the parishes of Prestwich, Radcliffe, Tottington, Whitefield and part of the parish of Ramsbottom) from Heywood registration district.

107257 in 1971

1.4.1992

(n)

Gained parts of the Bury unparished area (which until 1.4.1992 formed parts of the Bolton unparished area) from Bolton registration district.

n/a

1.4.1994

(o)

Gained part of the Bury unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed part of the parish of North Turton) from Blackburn registration district.

60 in 1993

(p)

Lost parts of the Bury unparished area (which was added to the Rossendale unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Hyndburn & Rossendale registration district.

2 in 1993

(q)

Lost parts of the Bury unparished area (which became parts of the Manchester unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Manchester registration district.

50 in 1993

(r)

Gained parts of the Bury unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Manchester unparished area) from Manchester registration district.

400 in 1993

(s)

Lost parts of the Bury unparished area (which became parts of the Rochale unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Rochdale registration district.

n/a

(t)

Gained parts of the Bury unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Rochdale unparished area) from Rochdale registration district.

n/a

(u)

Lost parts of the Bury unparished area (which became parts of the Salford unparished area on 1.4.1994) to Salford registration district.

16 in 1993

(v)

Gained parts of the Bury unparished area (which until 1.4.1994 formed parts of the Salford unparished area) from Salford registration district.

0 in 1993



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